Vintage map - Basque Country 1970
Poster sold unframed but easy to frame!
This poster is sold rolled up inside a rigid protective tube. Our sizes are standard and you will easily find a frame or poster hanger (magnetic poster holder) to suit your taste!
Description
Explore the geographical richness and historical identity of an exceptional region with this art re-edition of a road and administrative map entitled Provincias de Alava, Guipuzcoa, Navarra, Vizcaya. Originally published in 1970 (with an update in 1974 visible in the lower right), this cartographic document of surgical precision was published under the aegis of the Banco de la Vasconia, whose central office was based in Pamplona (Pamplona). Offering a remarkable overview of the four provinces of the Spanish Basque Country and Navarre, this rare archival piece will captivate all enthusiasts of regional history, topography, and vintage cartography.
The layout of an immense graphic density carefully details the communication networks, infrastructures, and topography of this distinctive territory. Designed at a scientific scale of 1:250,000, the map highlights the mountain ranges through nuances of textures and contour lines, while tracing the region's complex hydrographic network. The plan rigorously delimits the borders of the provinces of Alava, Guipuzcoa, Navarre (Navarre), and Vizcaya (Biscay), while opening to the north to the azure of the Cantabrian Sea (Mar Cantabrico) and to its periphery to the neighboring provinces of Burgos, Logroño, Zaragoza (Zaragoza), Huesca, as well as the French border (France).
This vintage map of the Basque Country and Navarre stands out for its particularly refined heraldic iconography. The lower left corner is adorned with a magnificent set of four crowned official coats of arms, faithfully representing the historical arms of each province. Just below, a sumptuous cartouche in the shape of a golden banner surrounds the circular emblem of the Banco de la Vasconia, featuring a traditional tree against a background of stylized mountains. The lower right corner, meanwhile, welcomes a complete table of conventional signs (Signos Convencionales) serving as a legend to identify highways, main roads, railways, and territorial boundaries.
Carefully reprinted on high-quality paper, this superb re-edition preserves the freshness of the period hues and its soft cream patina, imposing itself as a majestic wall decoration, ideal for enhancing the charm of a living room, office, or library.
Creative paper
For vintage paper posters, we use a natural-toned and textured, slightly grained, 200 gsm FSC®-certified fine art paper. We chose this paper for its durability and to preserve its vintage look: it is an uncoated paper, so the colors will have an "aged" appearance that stays true to the spirit of the original card.
If you would like to get an idea of how the printed result will look, which is always different from what you see on screen, please contact us and we will be happy to help! Rest assured that we will do our utmost to respond to your request as quickly as possible!
Shipping costs
For shipping, we use Colissimo by La Poste.
You can choose your Colissimo pickup point after paying for your order (you have 10 business days to collect your order).
We recommend choosing delivery to a pickup point, as you can select the one that suits you, to avoid being delivered to a pickup point you cannot choose if you are not home for a home delivery with Colissimo.
- Mainland France : €6 to a pickup point, €8 for home delivery without signature, €9 for home delivery with signature, free delivery to a pickup point on orders over €60
- Europe (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland): €12, free delivery on orders over €100
- United Kingdom: €18, free delivery on orders over €120
Manufacturing and delivery
For paper posters : we print to order in our workshop in Bordeaux.
- We prepare orders within 24 to 48 hours (Monday to Friday) after receipt of payment and hand over the packages on day 2/3. Colissimo then delivers within 3 to 4 days.
- If your order contains several posters, they will be shipped in a single shipping tube.
If you wish to receive your posters in separate tubes, you will need to place as many orders as desired tubes.
- Please allow a total delivery time of 5 to 7 business days to receive your order (excluding holiday periods or exceptional circumstances).
- For urgent orders, you can call us at 05 56 02 03 20 or write to us at bonjour@cartopolo.fr
For complaints related to delivery, you have a maximum of 7 days from the receipt of the package, dated by the delivery notice, to send them to us. Sending photos of the packaging, the shipping label attached to the packaging, as well as the product will facilitate the processing of your request.
Satisfied or your money back!
Not satisfied or have you changed your mind? You have 14 days from the date of receipt to return your order to us.
Once the returned product has been received by Cartopolo in perfect condition in its unopened original packaging, the refund will be issued to the credit card used for the purchase within 30 days.
Returns are only accepted for standard products from our online catalog. Any order that has been customized cannot be returned or refunded.
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